BSA staff directory
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Colleen Baker After 10 years in the design world, Colleen brings a love of both print and web design to the BSA. Yet, if forced to choose, Colleen would rather be stuck on a desert island with print for the rest of her life. She’d also put in a request for her boyfriend, dog and a blazing fast Wi-Fi connection. |
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Lauren Burn Hailing from the historic, architecture-rich city of Charleston, South Carolina, Lauren graduated with a degree in English from the College of Charleston. She is an alumna of the professional choral ensemble Taylor Festival Choir, is learning the art of calligraphy and is a great admirer of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. |
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Ben Cohen Ben lives in Dorchester. |
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Billy Craig Billy earned a business degree from the University of Vermont that he parlayed into a two-year stint in Boston’s mutual-fund industry before joining Machado and Silvetti Associates as an intern designer. He married those two experiences, becoming Utile Inc.’s business manager before joining the BSA. Billy’s love for baseball, snowboarding and Cadillac Mountain make him a hit at dinner parties ’round the Hub, but be warned: He’s a Yankees fan. |
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Ann Fienman Ann joined the BSA staff in 2006, managing continuing education and, subsequently, operations. Her varied experience in nonprofits and start-ups helped hone the resourcefulness and hands-on approach that she brings to the BSA. After graduating from Boston College, she spent several years as a tour guide in and around Boston. Ann is interested in American history, the life cycles of urban environments and exploring city neighborhoods—preferably while driving her vintage LeBaron convertible. |
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Li Lam Li found her true passion as an accounting major in college: “I love it when everything is balanced,” she says. In addition to crunching numbers for the BSA and admiring beautiful Excel spreadsheets, Li enjoys hiking, community design and tennis. She has worked at the BSA for more than seven years. |
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Jen Lawson When Jen needs a break from her BSA responsibilities, she heads to the park in JP with her husband and their dog, French Fry. Prior to casting her member-services magic at the BSA, Jen worked at Joan Wood & Associates and Emerson College. She enjoys dance, the ocean, international cultures and the culinary arts. |
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June Lee After graduating from Northeastern with dual majors in marketing and management information systems, June worked at a mutual-fund institute before landing at the BSA in 2010. Outside work, she creates beautiful handcrafted greeting cards and is passionate about rubber stamping. |
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Renée Loth Renée comes to the BSA from a distinguished journalism career, most recently as editor of the editorial pages of the Boston Globe. Currently an op-ed columnist at the Globe, she has frequently written about the issues that animate the architecture/design community. She is a member of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and vice-chair of PEN-New England, which promotes literacy and free expression worldwide. She has twice served as a juror for the Pulitzer prizes in journalism. She got her start as editor of a scrappy advocacy newspaper, The East Boston Community News, and has lived in Boston since her student days at Boston University. She is married to jazz pianist Bert Seager. |
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Conor MacDonald As an active Common Boston member, it comes as no surprise that Conor is interested in the way architecture affects and responds to communities. After he received a bachelor’s degree in business and economics (with a minor in architectural history), Conor worked as a photographer’s and architect’s assistant before joining the BSA. He enjoys running, throwing ceramics, writing and photography. |
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Russell Marshall With a northern soul and southern heart, Russell has been dedicated to the continuing growth and overall maintenance of the BSA since mysteriously arriving in 2010. |
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Karen Moser-Booth Karen has wielded a red pen for a dozen years, from a small-town newspaper to an international juried academic journal on modern architecture, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and now at the BSA. Karen attended Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated from North Central College with a degree in art, art history and English. She savors a hot cup of fair-trade coffee, a good book and long walks, perhaps on the beach. Perhaps at sunset. |
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John Nunnari Assoc. AIA A long-standing BSA member and active Codes Committee and Government Affairs Committee participant and BSA lobbyist, John worked at HMFH Architects for 15 years, specializing in public school construction. He holds a BA in design studies from Boston Architectural Center and also studied at Temple University and SUNY at Delhi. An avid golfer and skier, you may find him at the annual BSA Golf Tournament. He’s still trying to convince us to hold an annual BSA Ski Tournament, though. |
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Flora Peters Flora comes to the BSA from Baltimore. She brings more than eight years of administrative support expertise, working in widely diverse settings. From being the point person for the executive director of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling to assisting the executive office of the Maryland Department of the Environment to supporting the instruments division at Baltimore’s Space Telescope Science Institute, Flora’s knowledge of all aspects of office management is varied and extensive. |
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Jen Potter A Suffolk University graduate with a degree in American history, Jen came to the BSA following a stretch at the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy’s programming department. She enjoys the Red Sox, museums and historical tours. If you walk by a certain hair salon on Newbury Street and do a double-take, no worries: Jen works there part-time with her identical twin sister, Susan. |
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Erika Shea Prior to joining the BSA, Erika worked for a sustainable land investment firm and other nonprofits and as a swim coach. Her ambitious athletic regime—swimming, running, triathlons—coupled with Erika’s daily database and list-management vitamins keep her and the BSA fit. She holds a BA from Clark University, where she double-majored in philosophy and government international relations. Erika is captivated by historical architecture and historic landscapes, such as the Boston Common and Public Gardens, and she loves being a mom. |
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Pamela de Oliveira-Smith Pamela managed communications and creative services teams at Putnam Investments and Progress Software. She provided brand-strategy consultation to nonprofit institutional clients at Minelli. Pamela has worked at the BSA since 2003 in several key positions related to programming, operations, publishing and communications. |
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Sarah Wager Sarah brings a background in client relations, events, communications and membership to her role. Prior to joining the BSA, she worked for commercial real estate firms Colliers International and GVA Worldwide managing practice groups and membership programs. Sarah is a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a degree in art history. She is member of ASAE and ULI. |
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Eric White A Denison University graduate, Eric was selected in 2000 as one of 30 nonprofit leaders from around the world to participate in the Getty Leadership Institute, focusing on financial, marketing, team-building and strategic planning management. In his spare time, Eric enjoys kayaking, woodturning, gardening and learning about American and world history. |
